. Photographs of surgical cases and specimens . tograph No. 25. Fourth^ Fifth^ and a portion of the SixthDorsal Vertehrse, sawn asunder to show the Point af a Knife-hlade^ which, passing between the Transverse Processes of theFourth and Fifth Vertehrse,, and traversing the Vertebral Canal,has entered the body of the Fifth Vertebra. Private George Sweeney, Co. B, 15th New York Engineer Regiment, inan altercation with a comrade, was stabbed in the back with a dirk, atFalmouth, Virginia, the 20th of April, 1863. He was admitted to ArmorySquare Hospital, at Washington, on April 22d, completely par
. Photographs of surgical cases and specimens . tograph No. 25. Fourth^ Fifth^ and a portion of the SixthDorsal Vertehrse, sawn asunder to show the Point af a Knife-hlade^ which, passing between the Transverse Processes of theFourth and Fifth Vertehrse,, and traversing the Vertebral Canal,has entered the body of the Fifth Vertebra. Private George Sweeney, Co. B, 15th New York Engineer Regiment, inan altercation with a comrade, was stabbed in the back with a dirk, atFalmouth, Virginia, the 20th of April, 1863. He was admitted to ArmorySquare Hospital, at Washington, on April 22d, completely April 27th, he began to pass his faeces and urine involuntarily, andbed-sores appeared on the portions of the lower part of the body exposedto pressure. He sank very slowly, dying from exhaustion on May 27,1863. The specimen was contributed by Assistant Surgeon C. C. Byrne,U. S. Army. Photographed at the Army IVIedica! IVIuseum. BY ORDER OF THE SURGEON GENERAL: QEORGE A. OTIS, Bvt Lt. Col. and AssHSurg. U, S. A,, Curator A, M. M, i^.
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